Can the telephone interrupt a cable modem?

Question

I have a regular telephone line (not vonage or something like that.) I also have a cable modem with wifi. When I am online and someone uses the phone, my laptop will stop getting the signal. Then a few minutes later it comes back then goes again. Is there anything I can do about it? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

It shouldn't interupt the signal but there are two things that could be causing it:
1. if you dont have an ADSL splitter / filter attached to the line the telephone is using, this can cause an interuption..
2. If you are using a cordless phone, then it's possible that the wireless signal from the phone is interfering with your wireless signal from the laptop.
To solve this, you can change the wireless frequency that your laptop is using - have a look at the help files for the router to see how to change the channel / frequency


HTH

Answer 2

Do you advise SKYPE? in the adventure that your pc has audio you've got the capacity to achieve this with the SKYPE utility that could properly be downloaded freed from value from their website. i'm uncertain why you want a telephone cable in the adventure that your pc has audio capacity. pc connects to modem connects to broadband. even with the undeniable fact that, there are arms loose telephones that connect with the two a telephone land line, and likewise to a pc which has Skype on it so as which you will make calls over the INET with out desiring to be in front of the pc. Argos sell the form of telephone for variety of £50, even with the undeniable fact that it basically works jointly with a Microsoft pc.

Answer 3

,,,
My cable modem is used for both my telephone (VoIP)
and my computers. Telephone and computers share
the cable modem. When I'm on the telephone, my
computers lose some bandwidth. But the lose is not
so much that I notice it. My connection is too fast for
me to notice any slow down.

But you have a telephone via copper wire, while computer
is via TV cable. So your telephone and computer are
connected entirely separately. At your house one does
not affect the other.

If you had DSL, then you might experience interference.
But I'm not so familiar with common DSL issues.
...

Answer 4

unless there is a short between the CAT5/CAT3 for phone and the RG6 used for cable they do not come in physical contact with each other.

most likely the cause is interference on the the 2.4GHz radio frequency that your wireless devices are using. microwaves, 2.4GHz cordless telephones (and short wave radios) and 2.4GHz 802.11b/a/g wireless devices all share the same frequency spectrum.

most likely you will have to upgrade to a 5.8GHz cordless phone

Answer 5

It turns out that (for the most part) anything that runs on the same frequency of the wifi signal (2.4 ghz I believe) will cut the signal.

Answer 6

Do you have a 2.4GHz cordless phone? WiFi uses 2.4 GHz too, but usually they can coexist. See if you can change channel, either on your phone, or the wireless router -- some have that capability. Failing that, you'll probably need a new phone.

Answer 7

in c panel thers aweay that u can stop this check out telephone and modem and the solution is there

Answer 8

yes,phones can slow down Internet access (or stop it for some people.)What you can do is get a different frequency for the phones.